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Hawa

Origin: Form of Eve, the first woman in Abrahamic tradition (from Arabic)

Girl's name · #1813 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Hawa reached its best rank, #1649, in 2024 and ranked #1813 in 2025. About 2,400 girls have carried it since 1978.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#184 in France (2025) · #277 in England & Wales (2025) · #510 in Belgium (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #890 in Scotland (2025) · #924 in Austria (2025) · #2,099 in Switzerland (2025) · #623 in Canada (2024).

Famous Hawas

Hawa Abdi — Somalian physician, activist (1947–2020)
Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih — Sudanese activist
Hawa Yakubu — Ghanaian politician (1948–2007)
Hawa Ahmed Youssouf — Djiboutian politician
Hawa N'Diaye — French-Senegalese handball player

In stories & tradition

Hawa^de — Eve in Mandaeism

What Hawas become

Among 75 notable people named Hawa:

Sports figures appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hawa N'Diaye, French-Senegalese handball player.

Similar names: Jannah · Arwa · Aleyah · Ziya · Halima · Amyrah

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